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Thanks! Will look into this!

Looking at doing a unit Hawaiian shirt buy. Any recommended companies any of you have worked with before?

I've got a cousin who is a recent-ish HS graduate. This wasn't his experience - his HS had a pathway directly into the Unions - perhaps that's atypical, but it shows they are willing to take HS grads with their "shop" experience. He had every opportunity to get into the trades, but his lack of...

To be fair, @FormerRecruitingGuru has been dumping on this kid non stop with similar answers: "Did you search?" "Did you use google?"

Without looking back at what I wrote, this would be a “second JO sea tour.” The second tour overall (after flight school) is what I was describing as a production or non production tour.

Got me!

I'll try a crack at simplifying it for you: For you: OCS = initial officer training, ~13 weeks in Newport, RI Flight School = 3 phases, split among Pensacola area, (possibly) Corpus Christi, TX, and (possibly) Meridian, MS or Kingsville, TX; ~1.5-2.5 years depending on the type of aircraft you...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/why-baseball-is-the-right-game-for-democracy-opinion/2025/03/27/3ad01009-a07c-4b39-8b29-0f97d560f0d8_video.html

2011ish when I was going through the VTs in Corpus one of the Reservists (and native Texan) would wear cowboy boots in his flight suit, and presumably to fly.

I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the IRR, but I have a friend who failed Nuke school despite not wanting to go in the first place, couldn't get re-designated, was re-assigned to the IRR, but somehow he's made O-4 and I see him occasionally on LinkedIn playing Navy. Maybe he...

That's the other thing many are missing. The European right wing - while largely kept out of power in places like France and Germany as a result of the way the parliamentary system works - is very much on the rise (it's already taken a stand in Italy) and it's probably only a matter of time...

I’m overseas right now. I don’t think it’s quite like that. It’s more of a hatred for Trump. Sure, some then draw the conclusion “how did Americans vote for this guy?” But I don’t think most are taking it out on individual Americans and most realize that still about 49% of Americans didn’t want...

I believe it! I saw a similar event happen with the XO of 3 and one of my buddies wearing his Ike jacket!

What's the one bottom right person wearing black socks and shoes?! Heresy I say! (I also just noticed one of the FRPs is as well up front!)

Are you able to expand on this?

"NOW UPGRADE THE ALERT 60 SAR TO ALERT 5." "NOW LAUNCH THE ALERT 5 SAR." "Doesn't work like that pal... you can set that timer to 59 minutes and 30 seconds now."

I think even earlier than that. Mine were 30 including the HITU and that would have been ~2016. One of my peers had 27 month orders to make disassociated! The Skipper straight up told him on check in that there was no viable way for him to compete because functionally his peers were already 3 to...

While you and I might agree, I don't think PERS sees it that way outside of VTJ. 100% of my JO's from my DH tour that went production have all been told to only expect 24 months at their VT/HT/FRS and then off to a boat thereafter. Can't speak to the ones that went Wing Weapons School, but when...

Call me a little jaded, but I sympathize with the JO's and do think they've been done wrong recently. I can very much see this turning into "ahhh, you're finishing up your fleet tour at 6 years total time in service... welcome to a 3 year disassociated tour."

On top of all of this, let's remember that the current CR only goes until 14 MAR, next Friday. Also, aren't we already operating under Treasury Department "Extraordinary Measures" WRT the debt ceiling or was that resolved?

So PERS can get them for a longer disassociated tour!!! Kidding!!! (Kind of) I’ll see myself out. What I can say is I am open to seeing the continued results of the program before passing judgement on it and with @FlyNavy03 in charge of it, I KNOW it is in good hands.

Would be interested to hear your perspective on this - I can't say I've seen too much about the COPT-R program and I have no idea what the new USAF UPT is.

Mods, get this man a set of wings under his username! I can definitely vouch for him!

My impression it is very much USCGA that's more military-ish. Was home one year for Christmas and was invited to a fancy all service academy dinner/ball I got to take a great date to; she was totally unfamiliar with the military... yet she immediately recognized there was something different...

5 if you include USMMA.

Are you a bot? Where in the Constitution is Washington's farewell speech?

FWIW on my last deployment as an HSC Bubba, we got with Airboss and the HSM squadron together to join in doing comm out case 1 recoveries. HSM would form up on HSC as wing, HSC would count the jets we already counted, look for a light, find the LSE... can be done.

I don't think anyone is debating that USAID and other agencies could use a deeper look at their operations and efficiency. I don't even think most people would oppose putting USAID underneath DoS in order to make sure Aid and Diplomacy are linked hand in hand (I honestly didn't realize USAID...

Smart, hadn't even thought about that.

Seconded.

"the Smoot-Hawley tariffs which... raised or lowered prices for Americans... anyone, anyone? Raised..."

I'm sure there are individuals thinking like that, but by and large, the leadership we've all seen realizes that no one outside of CAG and a handful of others understands the difference between Sierras and Romeos, so a win for helicopters is a win for helicopters at large. Can't tell you the...

I wonder what the 5” guns are being used for. Certainly not the attack missiles or drones unless we have upgraded those firing systems way more than I thought.

Yes, as far as I am aware all SAR units are now an OP-T (or Special Missions? I'd have to check the slate) command. In addition to what you said, it's not just to give increased command opportunities, it was as a result of CNAF taking the SAR units over (previously they were owned by CNIC...

I think the fictional part of the ending there was just to wrap up the story. In the afterword of the book (err... the audiobook at least), he states the whole point of the book isn't any sort of tactical scenario but a warning to Americans about the Chinese threat. He also isn't advocating...

Back to financial advisors, no discussion is complete without an education on the finance industry, which I think is summarized well by this episode of Last Week Tonight (funny, but genuinely worth the watch).

I 100% assumed you edited the CNO fact sheet and was surprised to see that made it for real!

She is indeed a non-qual SWO turned HR officer.

I disagree. The amount of vitriol focused on the aforementioned HR LT throughout the internet is... high. There are entire meme pages dedicated to denigrating her.

Ha, I've always wondered that! To which my reply would be, why do we need to man the hangar with a "fire watch" then (based on a base fire Marshall instruction for hangars whose AFFF systems are inactive)?! And let's be clear - the watch's job isn't to fight the fire as a sole person, it's...

Yeah, my last wing had a shared SCIF which I didn't really mind, but basics like heating (and maybe air conditioning) shouldn't be too much to ask. To top it off, during an inspection we found our LSs had a bucket to collect water coming from the ceiling... which we immediately realized was...

It's not just dining facilities. Having the HVAC go out in the squadron and being told "you're 132nd in line, so you'll get fixed in approximately 3 years" is outrageous. We at least got an emergency work order for our PR shop showing the temperature extremes there violated something or other...

@Griz882 I see the laughter but genuinely have no idea what the reference to an HSM A/A kill is and if it was a joke it went over my head.

Wait, what did I miss?

15 minute listen. Very interesting. https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-mysterious-drones-flying-over-us-military-bases/5b705f5e-0ec3-4500-9888-4926bdd5b2d6

“Rubenesque.”

America (fake) cycles on Dunkin?

I suspect a lot of this reflects the airline hiring trends which are also very cyclical, among other things.

What happened to the whole announcement a few years back near Nats stadium (I think) where it was “harkening back” to the rail yard and had a very odd shape to it? (Sorry my DC geography isn’t fantastic).

If this photo is actually him, yeah Huey’s potentially. https://readyroompodcast.podbean.com/e/gun-running-and-helicopter-dates-with-best-selling-author-and-marine-gunship-pilot-robert-kiyosaki/